So Long

It takes time to take these mountains and look at them anew

Squinting, straining for a varied view

Finding peaks and valleys that don’t remind me of you

Planting trees where forest fires grew

When the wayward wind blows west with echos on its breath

Campfire smoke, amber, cigarettes

Common scents surround while your musk mnemonic looms

Clear the air and reapply perfume

Oh, I’ll unlearn you one day

After our drawn-out fadeaway

So so long, so long, so long

Each time it takes so long

For things that make a home made home on walls and shelves

Offerings that spoke the way you felt

Consider a declutter while hoarding retrospect

Wiping surfaces where dust collects

In someone else’s hands my reflexes rewind

Sunk into another porous time

Inflammatory memory as their arm’s around my waist

Reclaiming this silhouette you traced

Oh, I’ll unlearn you one day

After our drawn-out fadeaway

So so long, so long, so long

Each time it takes so long

Still training my sincerity to recycle Darlings and Dears

My lovers’ name repurposed through the years

These terms that once endeared you I sighed, spoke, sang, and wrote

Signing Sincerely Yours on others’ notes

Oh, I’ll unlearn you one day

After our drawn-out fadeaway

So so long, so long, so long

Each time it takes so long

Oh, I’ll unlearn you one day

After our drawn-out fadeaway

So so long, so long, so long

Each time it takes so long